Demers tcp Belletonte, Pa., March 7, 1913. A FRIEND. There are hermit souls that live withdrawn In the place of their self content, There are souls like stars that dwell apart In a followless firmament; There are pioneer souls that blaze their paths Where the highways never ran, But let me live by the side of the road, And be a friend to man. Let me live in a house by the side of the road Where the races of men go by; The men that are good and the men that are bad, Asgood and as bad as I; For why should | sit in the scorner’s seat, Or hurl the cynic’s ban? Let me live in a house by the side of the road And be a friend to man, 1 know there are brook-gladdened meadows ahead, And mountains of wearisome height; , And the day passes on through the long afternoon, Till it fades at last into night. But I turn not away from its smiles or its tears, All part of an infinite plan, So I'll livein my house by the side of the road, And be a friend to man. — Homer. A WARNING TO VIRGINIA. The scene was one which might have predicated love. The green hillsides sweeping boldly down upon the little val- Jey WSIS low with S18 mist of blos- soming e trees. Birds engaged upon aerial masonry fluted ecstatically in the tree tops. The sunlit atmosphere saluted the face like a betrothal kiss. than a monologue by the girl. The latest novel, tennis, spring in the country—she glided rapidly from to topic, touching upon a number but no- where li ng. ing abstractedly among the violet leaves at their feet with his stick. “And so,” he said at length, interrupt- ing with a determined irrelevance in his tone, “you never expect to marry?” The young woman shook her head, averting her eyes. “And yet,” he pursued humorously, “it is a not an unusual ending.” . “Warren,” she Rr reproachfully, missing the humor, "you know I asked unot to revert to that topic. You w how it distresses me. I've to you why. Since that affair—that en- gagement, two years ago—it would be mpossible for me to feel that way again toward any one. The disillusionment came so swiftly and proved so complete; the more so because at first, for me, the planets rose and set in him.” During the next moment or two War- ren Colton pondered. When he spoke again it was with a brisk, businesslike tone. “Now look here, Virgie,’ he said, “I want to put something to you as a woman of sense and marriage there's always one person who is pretty badly in love and one who at month of Sundays that both you've had one dose of giving tions which endnd badly. y not this time try taking a ‘The girl disposed of him with a comic- tragic gesture of both hands. “Please don’t say anything further,” she pleaded. “But what do you propose to do with yourself?” he pushed on, apparently son or things go wrong, you can cut the violets, whereas civilized man cannot live without butter and eggs. Hello!” as the distant tinkle of a cowbell caught their ears. “There goes a flesh-and-blood proof of my theory this minute. Old Abbie Crombie has made a living out of : 3 8 ks : Es 8s i g | 3 way peculiar to him. ment for which this epet a larly appropriate. many of our this spring have terminated here.” She looked on curiously while he ped pown upon his knees among duced a grave a few i he extracted a small and he lined with violet leaves. The pi picture teen,” he said. t day was the beginni Well, ashes to ashes!” forme. . ture with humorous solemni helaid a did She real to to see her again was out. In her previous visits to Hillt inia had never even her aged prototype with her. for dinner, with Mrs. Colton, she never failed mare as forlorn and decrepit of a ance as herself. The approach o ton was invariably heralded by fingling of milk bottles, tra surrounded old Abbie as BE 5 pated. descen ct degree of dejection and di tion, but Abbie take! She had found much, Warren,” she said, “and that you | will thank’ me some day for not having yes. She rose and put up her white parasol. “Wait a minute,” he said in the decisive “There isan inter- particu- walks drop- the vio- Jet Joaves aul 3 to Sxcavaie with his pocketknife. Ha is means pro- ne inches wide and from his waistcoat dingy which he extended for her inspection be- fore laying it carefully in the hole which Re, in pinafore a gr et you when you were four- “I took it with a little ket camera and kept it ever since. : e sprinkled a handful of turf upon fhe. face of the pic. ty, covered it further, rounding the soil into a little gravelike mound; on the mound nosegay of violets. They ti back toward the Colton oe Ss ee n witich led to the house, a silence which Miss Shelby,occupied by her own thoughts, now, she thought, that Warren Colton had been much more in him hope when hope there was none She was indebted to him for a thousand little kindnesses. It would mean a seri- ous difference in her life if his threat not Vir- Abbie rombie, but during the next few days seemed constantly to cross her path. She feit a certain relief that on these occasions Warren was not Warren himself was taking an un- wonted interest in business these days and came out from the city only in time irginia walked Slowly homeward with all the tech! - | softly. best is only partially so. It is once in a buoyancy which 9s 0 OWS Open persons are | afier ali, as Warren had predicted, what | agreed the elder equally submerged, yet it works out well | glo herself might come pry enough in the long run. You tell me | never she your affec- | axa She would| But it was not g d to Abbie's| whom Virginia had in mind just then. lapida. | —By Mary and Rosalie Dawson, was now. Wasn't she, after all, making a mis- | Miles, herself less content | Church, in reply to criticism of his posi- else. Suddenly she became aware of a pecu- more eff y from my thoughts if I | liar object in the bedroom. It was just do not see so much of you.” where the tall post of the old bedstead “Wouldn't it be better for me to curtail | had been, but it was alive and moving. my visit to then?” she asked. Gradually she discerned that it was a “Please don't think of such a thing” | large cow, whose sorrowful eyes were earnestly. “Mother is able to | fixed upon her. It was shaking its head go round so little and your visit is one of | and saying: | her greatest pleasures.” “It’s all your Salt, you know. He was devoted to or years.” He advanced his hand once more and TE ers, hole Toom Was she caught it this time, giving it a brief | filled with cows, all regarding her sor- wring. . rowfully. She endeavored to sit up—to “I'm sure you don't really care s0|gcream, and awoke with a start; awoke Abbie painfully toiling up the curving road visible beyond the Colton lawns. The old woman was in the act of driving her cows to pasture. Yiginia suddenly re- called her troubles almost vehement- ly jerked down the shade, shutting out the hateful sight. She found herself too wide awake to sleep and too restless to siay bed. She rose and dressed and out into the roseate morning. The crisp, sweet-scented air of spring re- freshed her, removing the last traces of her headache of the night before. strolled across tbe lawn and through a break in the hedge, at first aimlessly, and then with a sudden inspiration which in pelied her to go down a up t t- tle picture of sa which i had preserved so long. She would disinter it and keep it forever as a souvenir of him. + | The desire to possess it grew with every moment, and it was with no easy pace that she hurried down the road and across the meadow leading into the orchard. As she approached the stone fence she was startled by the figure of a man which arose fuddenly | Beli it. In the unex- apparition recogn arren. or a moment they stared at each other in an astonishment from which the young man was the first to recover. He came forward with the picture in his hand. “You see it wasn't any use, Virgie,” he said sadly. “I couldn't make myself for- in his to her than she get you and I came back here for my had given him credit for. Had she, un- ne 1 wittingly, been unfair to him by | talisman. I'll have to go on caring for you and having you trample on me till the end or my days.” . Virgie made her confession bravely. “After all, I'm not sure that I want you to forget me,” she said. “I'm lonely and unhappy, I find, when you do.” . For a moment he stared at her in amazement—then vaulted the fence to her side. hs Later in the day Virginia, her visit in- definitely prolonged, sat with Mrs. Col- ton in the latter's pretty chintz-upholster- bedroom. Suddenly Virginia caught the distant clank of cowbells., She drew back the curtain in time to see old Abbie Crombie come gradually in view driving her cows “1 feel I'd Her life Virginia continued her morning ram- | home. bles alone, but these and other outings were almost invariably marred of late by ned | the pathetic figure of Abbie. Miss Shelby strolled accompanied only by her own thoughts or drove abroad to en- counter the old woman, either trailing | that since her husband died it is the first rheumatically behind her cows or in the | peaceful time she’s had for years. I sup- rickety phaeton delivering her milk bot- tles. In the latter case she drove a white “Poor old soul,” she said. like to do something for her. hether | must be such a sad and lonely one.” “Why, I think Abbie is doing very well now,” was the reply, “At least she doesn’t complain of loneliness. She says my dear, that you haven't heard r story. Years ago she married a . | handsome but good-for-nothing scape- the | grace who went rapidly from bad to the of which l. Som e sat, while | of them are dead now and some in jail, the ancient conveyance itself lurched | and so it is 2s old Abbie explains rather discernment. You've prob- | ominously on its missha; rin ably noticed, as I have, that in every | After yo such pen | worse. He drank and beat her and none of her five children turned out well. Some grimly, that she has peace at last.” : Virginia's eyes widened during this wo Her brows knit. She laughed “The villain!” she murmured, es, wasn't he? Poor old Abbie!” lady. sympatiietically. e's erring partner in Wom- some day, if she lived, her hair | an’s Companion. fellow who thinks the | would be white, nr furrowed, and t whom you don’t care | per step faltering. If she held 10 her t of e- Prossnt plan of CuI. alone then, a | ppaBopYy, Mass.—The Rev. Leon G. Believes in Christian Science. pastor of the Peabody Baptist than she had expected under the loss of | tion with regard to Christian Science from Warren. et she felt under the Sar VIRAPEY nde tae | ing, throughou! and afterward made an excuse to way for @ few moments is the quiet 35x ER 7 § 58% ga38 £71, g g fs is g 1 dis : : 5 3 : i 2 + feieii i | FROM INDIA. | the native regiment, Sikh, (they are high- — ' er cast than the usual run with whom I By One on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern | : nit " | have come in contact,) and I was too sor Water « Scarcity. Natives Without Implements | 7Y that my native assistant had to car- or Comforts or Clothes, A Temple in Ruins. Ty on most of the conversation, for the Houses Mere Huts ! language is awful, much like German in m— | construction. The Hindustani is made JHANSI, JANUARY 24. yp of Widu and Hindi, the first com- Dear Home Folk: | ing from Arabic and Persian so one must You ask of our gardens. I wish you know all these to speak even moderately; could see the golden glow and trumpet consequently I have talked little to the vines, one mad mass of bloom. The patives so far. peas are about ready to pull and the cab- | {Continued next week. ] bage and brussels sprouts heading; but a garden ever so small means work, work, | Well Known Minister Writes of Sojourn work, as every bit of water must be car. | in the South. ried in a bottle shaped skin on a man's | [Through the courtesy of our friend, ex-sheriff back, and it takes so many, many tips 1: W. Woudsink. i we hesewith y pubiieh: the Sollow, to water even a small space. The water | ing very interesting letter from . W. Gem- is gotten from wells and is pulled upin a | mill, a Presbyterian minister well known through- | out Centre county, who is spending the winter at big skin pouch; oxen are used for this as | St Cloud, Fla.—Ep.] the wells are immense affairs, covered | St. CLouD, Florida, Feb. 24th, 1913. completely, save for the smaller springs, | D. W. WOODRING. through which the pouches are filled. Dear Friend and Comrade: Your let- There is no grass here except those plac- ter at hand; I was glad to hear from you. | es watered by the bishti (water carrier; ) | I would be glad to see you down here, | r | come up, was the most wondrous part of Science | passed lots of queer folks; a “fakir,” with just long sandy spaces, but we have trees, | am sure you would enjoy the climate. some very beautiful large ones, with | The climate is the great asset of this many, many palms, and the cactus grow- country. It does get hot here some days ing in hedges all about our compound. | in the middle of the day, but that only The mihtan (sweeper,) came to clean | lasts a couple of hours and you only feel my rooms, and when I saw her doubled | the heat when you are in thesun. When over, drudging with a bunch of twigs, I you step into the shade you at once note wondered how our women at home would ' a pleasant change in the temperature. stand such “means” of keeping clean. | We have some sudden changes, when These poorly-clothed, half-starved souls ; it grows cold and a fire is necessary for prove easy prey to the plague. If they ' comfort; but these cold snaps are noth- have enough to barely cover their naked- | ing to be compared to the cold up north ness they think themselves well dressed: | and they last at the longest for a couple and sit in the sun to keep warm. | of days only. They tell me here that the Every scrap is accepted and used here. summer is more comfortable than the There is no waste among the people winter, as they do not have as sudden hereabouts. Coal oil tins are used for changes and there are always cool breez- water carriers and also, I am told, for es blowing either from the ocean or the trunks. In the hospital we use them for gulf and the nights are always cool. As tin-cups, after they are cut in small pieces a rule, when you have a blizzard up there and handles attached. The food thrown it causes a change of temperature down away in some places I know of in Ameri- here. This is my third winter and I like ca, would be a feast of unknown pleasure it down here. We are not troubled with for these poor humans. | colds and sniffling here as you are in the One wonders, with ground so plentiful severe climate of Pennsylvania. and weather so beautiful, why they do, There are people here from all parts of not grow more things that would be of, the country; I think from every State in | use and unless one explains it with the the Union, and there have been more caste custom, I cannot answer the ques- people here this winter than ever before. tion. They are truly apathetic and yet All like the climate; some like the coun- intelligent, some doing the work planned try and some do not. The soil and its for them very well. i products, as cared for by the natives, — JANUARY 3st. | would not commend any section. The Some days I feel like pinching myself, people live from hand to mouth and have to waken and see if this life is really real. | 0% ideals of life and its comforts and Yesterday the household drove nine miles | }3ck energy and push. It is northern to-Orchha, a place which has laid in ru- | people whodo the pushing. The prog- ins since the mutiny, but has one of the | Tess made is largely the result of north- oldest as well as largest temples in north. | ©™ capital and energy. ern India. It was to see these the trip | St. Cloud is an old soldiers home and was made and it quite repaid us for the the bulk of its residents are old soldiers long, hot, dusty journey. (and their families and friends. There The palace alone covered acres and | are also a goodly number of tourists who {are not soldiers, who come here, buy acres and there were so many courts and | inner courts that one was too confused | Property and settle down to a life of ease : and comfort. It is one of the most so- © appreciate it all. One curious Thing | ciabile spd neigibory in all. Flori: as, that an entire floor was under Gs. Welavehereo towns got.of pi . h- | choice plastered walle. The entire piace, | Pie: intelligent, well to do; a refined and bath and all, was connected with two im- 2 religious people. That is true of a ma- mense chimney like towers which we Jority of the people here. They are | friendly and they meet you as friends. It were told conveyed fresh air to the house, lis ! and we found it delightfully cool and com | '* iouged ; on HOS ern town, the Seater | fortable. The court yard of the old pal- | P4 people coming from ve ace was ideal, being one beautiful basin e north. ar han an bere with flower beds and grooves for he vion min buildings i holding water alternating eight or ten Rea Sesident. remo Baptist, : Oe Ties va | All have i, comfort hows of : : worship and regular weekly services. i Soies around all the flogrs, pEmiting| "obo LL yoith ere isgood, The' women to exercise without be he il Bt BENE imate io.conducive to healthy, The ecit- Th ster furni ical time is when people first come here. | heya) Rot Rolie 4 ture a5, If they are careful in eating and drinking | Ve it, but. uged and Fug and exercising they will soon become ac- | for chairs and beds. Thiflc of that Pact | climated without sickness. Many who W Rot ytars of hel of are not careful suffer for their lack of | sHllin in Manin Bray, | care and self-restraint. | and stone carvi ? £50; Mae and a. Tho, and at I understand that a letter written by a | designs predominating. The side walls | COmrade here, to Bellefonte, represented and ceilings were frescoed and one could easily see the patterns. We ate our lunch on the steps of the temple, which was most beautifully lo- cated on the banks of quite a large river. Watching the sun set over all these an- cient spots and waiting for the moon to one aday. A friend of mine when he heard that statement went to the under- ' taker and asked him for the number deaths of old soldiers in the town of Cloud, from the middle of December the 20th of February, and he said were only three deaths of old soldiers the town in that time. That, you falls far short of one a day. These s¥s 1 the day for me, and I was glad to have seen my first temple under, such condi- tions. Our home journey was delightful. The moon makes our nights like day. We Ed Iii £8 ht g §8f AH Eft | i : : : a wreath of marigolds about his head, naked, save for his loin cloth, presented each of us with a bouquet of flowers, with which his little patch was ablaze. The most curious thing was that, al though clean, tidy and fairly thrifty, his dog was chained in his house and just by its side was a flat stone with the most awful image painted in black, resembling a bad attempt at photographing the dog even to his red tongue. But it was the fakir's god. All the native houses we passed were single storied, without a window; floor of beaten earth and sides of some sort of stone or brick and thatched roof. They drop a screen, resembling our porch va- riety, over the one door for their protec- tion against snakes, flies and mosquitoes, of which there are many. Their stoves consist of a can about a foot in diameter, across which a little grating is placed and three prong-shaped wires projecting toward the center forms the rim, and it is on these the pot or pan is placed, while the fuel burns against the bottom. We use charcoal for fuel but the natives use the manure cakes which we see them gathering daily on the road. I had an interesting case in a native policeman’s family today; he belongs to if 3 Ii i gé gil i] ffs f i fsil Ei § £2 23 11 HH 5 lil : i F : #3 tL eek fgsgns FE 3 i : i ig Hi f fis pal 3 at : EE —— A —— FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN DAILY THOUGHT. Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also | will be the character of thy mind, for the soul is | dyed by the thoughts.—Marcus Aurelius. : — Some of the fashions which are now being tried out at Nice and the Riviera find their way over here in duplicate models, so that to a certain extent the models that are bei shown even thus early will doubtless an echo in those | that will come over about the middle of | March. Not until then will the final and | definite proclamation go forth as to what shall and shall not be worn. To those who wish to be sure before they go ahead the wiser plan is to wait for these heraldings, for the stamp of the seal of a val of Paris means much to many. The speculative, however, may indulge in those fashions which are being shown now with a reasonable degree of safety, for while they may not be the dernier cri, they cannot be far wrong and ' are sure to have many good points to | warrant indulgence in them. Fashion changes come slower than is at first apparent, and the rejected idea of last year is often the accepted one of this. One thing, however, can be reason- ably relied upon as being fixed at this time of the year and that is the material of which these later models will be fashioned. These materials are decided so long in advance of the use of them that tew midseason changes are ever ef- fected. Some have a wider popularity than others, accordi to the various | needs and tastes of individuals or ' the section of the country, but most are ' generally accepted where they have the qualities to recommend them that many of the materials have this season. The chief characteristics of all materials used this season, woolens, silks and cottons, are their softness and suppleness, ac- cording to a New York Sun writer. Instead of broadcloth this winter we had velours de laine, and it easily won on its merits, for it had much that was necessary in the prevailing modes to ac- count for its widespread tion. The bedford cords promise to take the place of the long popular serges. A reflection of the winter materials with their luxurious weaving is being mirrored in the woolen suitings that are to be used for the spring costumes. The brocade influence a repetition in the wool brocades. Silk plush has been ' simulated in cotton plush and crepe everywhere reigns supreme. For the plainer and more tailored suits all corded materials are supposed to re- place the serges; those in plain colors or with fine stripes promise to be extremely ular. Most of the striped and checked mate- rials come in rough, heavy weaves and are extremely smart looking; they thus have the necessary weight for the nar- row skirt, and the lighter weight mate- rial for the jacket is a feature which makes them possible and seasonable. —— i Coffee Mousse.—Three-fourths of a cup of strong coffee, one cup of sugar and one | pit of Sredlh, yolks of a0 t the an together, the coffee. in bh boiler, stirring constantly. Cool, stirring fre- quently. Whip the cream, mix the custard with it and freeze without stirring, Tapioca Cream.—Four tablespoonfuls of tapioca soaked over night in one quart of sweet milk. In the morning sweeten to taste and boil till it thickens—not too thick—stirring all the time. Beat the. and whites of four eggs separately. r in the yolks, then the white, slowly. Flavor with vanilla. 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